Controlling available active sites of Pt-loaded TiO2 nanotube-imprinted Ti plates for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3910-3919

  Lin, Lu Yin ^b   Yeh, Min Hsin ^a   Chen, Wei Chieh ^a   Ramamurthy, Vittal ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

anodization; counter electrode; cyclic voltammetry; dye sensitized solar cell; titanium dioxide nanotubes; titanium plate

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM PLATING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; ANODIZATION VOLTAGES; ANODIZATIONS; CATALYTIC ABILITY; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBES; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923787167     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505025e     Document Type: Article

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